Bradshaw blown away by video tribute from Giants

Posted by Mike Florio on August 19, 2013, 8:14 AM EDT

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On Sunday night, Colts running back Ahmad Bradshaw returned to MetLife Stadium for a preseason game against the only NFL team for which he’s ever played. And while Bradshaw still hasn’t suited up for the Colts due to a foot injury, his former team made it a memorable night.

The Giants put together a video tribute to Bradshaw, who was a big part of a pair of Super Bowl-winning teams. The video was played on the big board at the stadium.

“Oh man, that was awesome,” Bradshaw said after the game, via quotes distributed by the Colts. “My heart just dropped when that happened. It was just heartbreaking, man. Six years being here and to come and see that, it’s heartbreaking.”

Bradshaw had no idea it was coming.

“I didn’t know,” Bradshaw said. “It was surprising. It was awesome.”

The return to his former home stadium otherwise wasn’t awesome.

“[V]ery weird,” Bradshaw said of the experience. “Like I said, six years, my whole NFL career has been here. To come from the opposite locker room, it’s something I never thought would come.”

Under the current scheduling formula, Bradshaw will get to do it again during the 2014 regular season. That’s when the Colts are next due to visit MetLife Stadium for a game against the Giants.

Unless, of course, the Colts end up playing the Giants in Super Bowl XLVIII.

19 responses to “Bradshaw blown away by video tribute from Giants”

Touching story, but it’s always surprising to me when players say stuff like they could never imagine they’d end up being on a different team. Don’t they know how this business works? If I was in the NFL, I’d never unpack my suitcase.

It’s a darned shame the Giants turned their back on the best Giants RB since the great team player and leader Tiki Barber. Bradshaw couldn’t match Tiki on the field and as a leader off the field but he tried his best.

I hate on the giants more than anyone… but that is pure class. Bradshaw deserves it. Hated watchin the skins play him because he could somehow always bust out four or five yards when it mattered. I thought the giants did him wrong by cutting him … so a tribute is pretty b.a.

Classy move by the Giant to acknowledge a former player with that great video tribute. I remember when the Packers did the same thing for Brett Favre when he came back in 2009. A great classy move to show there was no bitterness and to show they were–wait what? They didn’t do that? oops …

andrewluck12 says:
Aug 19, 2013 8:20 AM
the last sentence sounds pretty good to me lol
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The last Colts-Giants championship game (i.e. The Greatest Game Ever Played game, i.e. the Alan Ameche game) was played across the river. It would be fitting and beautiful if these teams met again for it all at Giants’ stadium. What would be even better would be if a freak snowstorm shut down Giants’ stadium and they had to move the game to Yankee Stadium at the last minute. If you love history and football, even the most ardent hater would have to admit that would be an awesome outcome.